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TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry (techcrunch.com)

Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse (www.wired.com)

HP to move production of millions of PCs to Thailand, Mexico (archive.is)

List of subs people may find familiar (kbin.social)

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Crimea bridge closed following 'emergency' (www.bbc.com)

AppSec, Devs Clash Flags Need for Paradigm Shift in Software Industry (www.technewsworld.com)

According to a recent software industry security report, there is a notable increase in tension between application security (AppSec) workers and application developers over consensus on cloud-native needs. Additionally, there is a growing concern about retaining developer talent in this context.

FTC loses again, Microsoft is now clear to close the Activision-Xbox deal in the US (www.windowscentral.com)

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What exactly is Misskey supposed to be? (kbin.social)

Most of the other Fediverse platforms are pretty obvious to me as to what they're meant to be alternatives to. Mastodon for Twitter/Threads, PixelFed for Instagram, Lemmy for Reddit, Matrix for Discord/Slack... But I can't quite place MissKey. It doesn't really feel like any other social network I've seen before....

BBC presenter at centre of sex photo scandal named as lead anchor Edwards (www.reuters.com)

Let me see your Minecraft builds! Looking for inspiration! (beehaw.org)

Been super into Minecraft lately! What are you all building?

Data broker loophole threatens journalists and whistleblowers (freedom.press)

Palestinian president visits Jenin refugee camp after devastating Israeli attack (morningstaronline.co.uk)

All NES fans, check out the free game Driar! (driar.se)

Discovered this game a few years ago (it was released in 2012). For an extra challenge, try playing it on 60Hz NTSC mode :P

The Greenland shark’s slow swim through deep time — and into possible extinction (www.dailymaverick.co.za)

Android 14 Beta 4 arrives as stable release nears (www.androidpolice.com)

China raises five demands during Yellen’s visit (asiatimes.com)

What does ambition/ambitious mean to you? (kbin.social)

Feel free to pick a context:...

Turkish President Erdoğan agrees to back Sweden's NATO bid, Stoltenberg says (www.axios.com)

Thousands told to evacuate as mudslides, floods kill one in Japan (www.aljazeera.com)

Square Enix says it’s ‘considering’ remastering more old titles following FF Pixel Remaster success (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Yawn (vlemmy.net)

What are we all playing this weekend? (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Hunt: Showdown, Minecraft, and Dordogne are in our weekend gaming rotation - what are you playing?

Nepal, India to finalise detailed project report of Pancheshwar Multipurpose power plant (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

Nepal and India have agreed to hold a meeting of experts to “iron out the differences” and finalise the detailed project report of the much-awaited 6,480 megawatt Pancheshwar Multipurpose bi-national power plant to be developed on the bordering Mahakali river, according to a media report on Saturday. The understanding was...